Wender-shoe.



G. THOMAS.

I WEEDER SHOE. APPLICATION mil) mama. um.

1,262,286. I r f Patented Apr. 9,1918

GI J? egm'wm structure clesoribed is old,

:ocierel l9 a fireflies Wheel eerrieol by --a shaft ,11 journelecl in blocks 9 on on ex tension frame ivotelly connected a; 8 with the ismnsvei'se beam L A eounter sheila 1e is joumsiled in blocks 9. A spur gear 12 on the shaft 11 meshes into a, spur 131m the oountex'sheft 1s. By means of a universal joint 16, one end of the counter shaft 14a is connected to etelesoopio shaft 12' :uniteclby means of the universal joint 18 with o horizontal weeding sh? fl; 5, iotlee f rm of rod. preferably rectangular in 1 cross section. The numeral 23 marks e hitch bar connected at 26 with fills supports 2 and connected at 25 with one of the blocks 9. Rotation. is imparted totlie shaft 5 by means of the universsl joint 18, the telescopie shaft 1?, the universal joint 16, the counter shaft 14., the gear 13, the gear 12, the silo-ft 11, and the trectionwheel 19. The shaft moves beneath the surface oft-lie soil and cuts or msoei'ates rhe weeds. The

ein f shown Pix-beni- No. 1,232,149, above elludecl to. it is in such a structure, however, that, sumliy improvements are proposed, as hereinafter described.

The numeral denotes a shoe made of metal and including a, body 51 one a stem '52 forming shoulclers53 and 54 located-on opposite sides of the stem 52. of the siem 52, adjacent the shouler 5%, a longitudinal groove is fashioned. The support 2 engages one side of the stem 52 end abuts against the shoulder 54:, the support having, if desirecl, a laterally project ingg; log 60 which is received in. the groove 55 and. fills the some completely. are horizontal openings 70 in the seem 52encl through. these openings, securing oevioes 56 pass, the securingdevices preferably being in the form of bolts, passio through the lower end Offline support 2. i inoe the support 2 its foi'va'rcl eclge bears ogziinst the shoulder 5" zlllilbQCisllSO the lugfiO is re- I, ceived in the groove 55, these parts, together with the bolts 56, afford an unusually secure connection between. portfl.

It is not necessmy the, the lugs 3001' that the against; the shoulder 54-. The support, as shown at 57 in Fig. 7, may be devoid. of the log (50, and only beagegainst the shoulder 53, the support beingsonneeted to the stem of the shoe by means of securing devices 58, preferably in the form of bolts, the not '7 of wlii are housed in the groove The shoe 1S ili'lPQlGil to is an sjioiue 6L l he taper FL on me upper of the shoe )8 longer and less abrupt time the saper 6?; on the lower eclge of the shoe, end the shoe, tuerefore, will always retain a on, the grouml, a, point of peculiar im portanee when it is unoleistoocl, will be the shoeancl the supt the supports 9 have In one side supporfs shall abut secure we be sliol imto the opening hoi'izoximlly from either side of the she's, the block being held. in place by ordinary Wood SQIFEWS 56, extended upwardly and. dowmmifzily into the shoe and engaging the block, as shown in 6. The bloc? lies e circular: opening 67 in which as le bushing 68 of any desired kiml is journele i for rotation, the bus: in'g limg as opening es corresponrb in or s section to cross session of the shaft 5 mlreceiviug' bile she-f,

It is izisvite'ble and unevoidoiile that the sheila 5, moving beneath the surface of the soil, produees much friefiion, and the hem? for who sleefl, muse be renewed free,

quently. in the device herein disclosed the Wooden block 65 may be removed by dowels ingfilie screws 66, end any person, having simple Wood Working 'ooois, eon shape e new block to fic in the OPGBlilg,

his to observed liliatlhe sheila 5 is joumeled in the 50, in eolvanee of the support 2 soil indepemlenily of the eufpom 1, a device of the class described, a-

freme; a support carried by the frame; e

shoe mounted on the support and projecting forwardly from 'lifi support, "the shoe being tapered forwardly; e Weeeler shell: of polygons cross advance of the support and adepteel to travel underground along with the shoe; and means for roosting the sheii, the device l0emg ohaz'acierizeol by she shat the taper zit-the top of the shoe, toward the point of the shoe, is longer less sin ot shes the taper et'the bottom of iillfi shoe toward the point of shoe,

2 In. leviee of the elass-desoribe, o 1

frame; a support oadiried by illli'fi fi sme: e shoe mounted on the support and pointed at its forward e216, file shoe, projecting for-- worcliy from the support losing pro- VMlQd with, e transverse opening; a renewable nommetolli block in the opening"; e securing device ei geging mile shoe anal the block; bushing you-misled in the block inx section journoled in the shoe in naeaeaa means for rotating the-shaft.

3'. In a device of the class described, a frame; a support carried by the frame; a shoe mounted on the support and projecting forwardly from the support, the shoe being pointed at its forward end and havin a horizontal opening therethrough; a woo on block mounted in the opening; a screw passing vertically through a portion of the shoe and engaging the block a weedgr shaft of polygonal cross section journaled 1n the shoe and adapted to travel along with the shoe 15 underground; and means for" rotating the. shaft. j

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I'have-hereto afixed my slgnature in the presence of two witnesses.

' GUSTAV THOMAS.

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